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3Hotdogs

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4. Motorcycling is why I got mine.... New Hampshire, Cucamonga Highway in the White Mountains.

Reply to mitch96 (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 16, 2022, 06:45 AM

Nov 2022

A rider's bike went off the road. She seemed to have a broken leg. It took 40 minutes to reach town and another 25 minutes to get the rescue service on site.

Beacon might have shaved off an hour which would have been important in a different kind of emergency.

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Emergency SOS via satellite available today on the iPhone 14 lineup in the US and Canada [View all] ItsjustMe Nov 2022 OP

Can't wait to try it out. 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 #1

Before cell phones became the norm, my rural neighbor was immobile in Tetrachloride Nov 2022 #3

When i did a lot of long distance motorcycle trips I had a satellite link on my gps in case of a mitch96 Nov 2022 #2

Motorcycling is why I got mine.... New Hampshire, Cucamonga Highway in the White Mountains. 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 #4

Yup, In trauma they call it the "golden hour" If you can get the casualty to a trauma center mitch96 Nov 2022 #5

so the rest of us would have to have a emergency beacon or imersat phone . AllaN01Bear Nov 2022 #6